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==Early life, education and career== ==Early life, education and career==
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he is also the executive director of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and of the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), and is a regular columnist for Andrew Breitbart's Big Government and Big Journalism, the American Thinker, and other publications. he is also the executive director of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and of the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), and is a regular columnist for Andrew Breitbart's Big Government and Big Journalism, the American Thinker, and other publications.

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Pamela Geller
BornLong Island, New York, United States
Occupation(s)Writer, activist
Websitehttp://www.atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

Pamela Geller is an American political activist, blogger, and co-founder of Stop Islamization of America. Her anti-Islam advocacy has led her to be one of the most visible opponents of Park51. She maintains a weblog, "Atlas Shrugs", an allusion to Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged.

Early life, education and career

Before she started blogging and political advocacy, Geller spent nearly a decade at the New York Daily News. Her first position was as a financial analyst and she subsequently worked in the advertising and marketing departments. Later, Geller was associate publisher of The New York Observer for five years, in the early 1990s.

he is also the executive director of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and of the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), and is a regular columnist for Andrew Breitbart's Big Government and Big Journalism, the American Thinker, and other publications. Pamela Geller's videoblogs ("vlogs") on a wide range of current events have won enthusiastic acclaim, as have her exclusive Atlas interviews with internationally renowned authorities on jihad, terrorism, and related issues, including John Bolton, Geert Wilders, Bat Ye'or, Ann Coulter, Mark Steyn, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski, Steve Emerson, Christopher Hitchens, Natan Sharansky, and many others. (Videos of many of these interviews are available at AtlasShrugs.com.) She routinely confers with leading scholars on the Middle East, Islam, Eurabia, China and Russia.

Atlas has broken numerous important stories -- notably the questionable and illegal foreign sources of some of the financing of the Obama campaign , the anti-Semitic posts on Obama's website, Obama's political organizing in public school classrooms, ACORN's destruction of Republican voter registrations, and many more. Her articles and op-eds have been published in The Washington Times, Big Government, Big Journalism, Human Events, The American Thinker, Newsmax, the Hudson Institute, NY, Pajamas Media, Israel National News, World Net Da

Stop Islamization of America and Park51

Main article: Park51

Geller and Robert Spencer co-founded Stop Islamization of America.. In July 2010 their co-authored book, The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America, was published. Two months earlier, they began a strong campaign against the proposed Park51 Islamic community center, which Geller has referred to as the "Ground Zero Mega Mosque". She claims that Park51 is viewed by Muslims as a "triumphal" monument built on "conquered land". Her organization has also sponsored anti-Muslim ads in several cities, and appeared on an array of cable news shows speaking out against the proposed Islamic Community Center. In addition to opposing Park51, Geller has opposed other mosques and argued that the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, one of the world's holiest Muslim sites, should be removed.

Geller first blogged in Atlas Shrugs about the proposed New York mosque in reaction to coverage in The New York Times on December 8, 2009. On December 21, she again blogged on the subject, referring to it as "Mosque at Ground Zero" and calling it "a stab in the eye". (Sarah Palin later used the phrase "stab you in the heart" in her July 2010 Tweet about the building.) This was the same day conservative media "personality" Laura Ingraham interviewed Feisal Abdul Rauf's wife, Daisy Khan, while guest-hosting The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News. Ingraham said, "I like what you're trying to do." Geller didn't blog about the building again until May 24, 2010, when she reported on a self-selected reader poll connected with a report in the New York Daily News, urging her readers to vote in it. This is when she first used the phrase "Mega Mosque at Ground Zero".

Commenting on the specific "mosque" controversy, Geller said, "I'm not leading the charge against the Islamic center near Ground Zero. The majority of Americans – 70% – find this deeply insulting, offensive. To call it anti-Muslim is a gross misrepresentation and to say that I'm responsible for all this emotion, again a gross misrepresentation."

However, Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has criticized Geller, stating:

"People say don't give her too much credit, she's a fringe character, but she is a fringe character who every day is on CNN, Fox, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She is the driving force behind the Islamic center campaign. I would say that she is the queen of the Muslim bashers, I see her rise and the rise of these anti-Islam hate groups going hand in hand."

Eric Boehlert, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America, concurred with Hooper's sentiments, remarking that "she's been instrumental, she has whipped up hatred in the right-wing blogosphere and now that's spilled out into the wider community." Media Matters has suggested that "Geller's history of outrageous, inflammatory and false claims, particularly when it comes to issues related to Islam, demonstrate that she cannot be expected to make accurate statements and should not be rewarded with a platform on national television."

Atlas Shrugs blog

The name of her website and blog, "Atlas Shrugs", is a reference to Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Geller says Rand is "the greatest philosopher in human history," and that "I read the book in my early 20s when a close friend of mine whom I respected enormously casually mentioned it was her favorite book." Describing her blog, she said "My blog is, and its purpose is, clearly defined by Rand's philosophy."

Personal life

Geller was formerly married to Michael Oshry. In 2007, Oshry was the subject of a criminal investigation in regard to an alleged million-dollar scam at his Universal Auto World dealership on Long Island. Geller was listed in business records as a co-owner of Universal, but denied involvement, saying "I have nothing to do with this." Although charges were filed against the dealership and several individuals, Oshry was not charged. He died in October 2008.

Works

See also

References

  1. ^ Burke, Daniel (August 20, 2010), "Pamela Geller, 'Queen Of Muslim Bashers,' At Center Of N.Y. 'Mosque' Debate, The Huffington Post
  2. ^ McGreal, Chris (August 20, 2010). "The US blogger on a mission to halt 'Islamic takeover'". Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  3. Freedlander, David (August 11, 2010), "The Woman Behind The Anti-Ground Zero Mosque Bus Ads", The New York Observer
  4. "Contact", Stop Islamization of America
  5. ^ Elliott, Justin (August 16, 2010), "How the 'ground zero mosque' fear mongering began", Salon.com
  6. Rehab, Ahmed (August 20, 2010), "Untold story behind the so-called 'Ground Zero mosque'", Chicago Tribune
  7. Geller, Pamela (September 27, 2009). "Erev Yom: Muslims Riot, Attack Jews in Jerusalem - Policemen wounded in Temple Mt. riots". Atlas Shrugs. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  8. Geller, Pamela (December 8, 2009), "Giving Thanks", Atlas Shrugs
  9. Blumenthal, Ralph & Mowjood, Sharaf (December 8, 2009), "Muslim Prayers and Renewal Near Ground Zero", The New York Times
  10. Geller, Pamela (December 21, 2009), "Mosque at Ground Zero: Adding Insult to Agony", Atlas Shrugs
  11. Condon, Stephanie (July 19, 2010),"Palin's 'Refudiate' Tweet on Mosque Near Ground Zero Draws Fire (for Substance and Style)", CBS News
  12. Geller, Pamela (May 24, 2010), "Vote on Mega Mosque at Ground Zero", Atlas Shrugs
  13. Goldsmith, Samuel (May 24, 2010), "Lower Manhattan board mixed on planned mosque and Islamic center at Ground Zero WTC site", ] (New York)
  14. Media Matters (July 14, 2010), "Memo to media: Pamela Geller does not belong on national television", Media Matters
  15. McCain, Robert Stacy (Oct 5, 2007). ""'Atlas,' at last, on map; Rand's novel set for 50th fete, film adaptation"". Washington Times. p. A.2.
  16. Edelman, Susan & Hamilton, Brad (July 15, 2007), "'Car-Scam' Link Eyed", New York Post
  17. "Rice & Cops: 11 Arrested in Car Dealership Scam" Nassau County District Attorney's Office, July 23, 2008
  18. Paid Notice: Deaths Oshry, Michael, The New York Times, October 6, 2008

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